Focus Area #1: Connected and Automated Vehicles
- Developing technologies and algorithms for vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-grid interactions
- Leveraging high performance computing, data science, and advanced sensors and communications protocols
- Enabling smart routing
- Alleviating congestion
- Improving safety
- Increasing the efficiency of the entire transportation system
Focus Area #2: Electric vehicles
- Advancing wireless charging technologies
- Charging vehicles on the go
- Automating the charging process
- Sharing energy back and forth between vehicles, buildings, and the grid
- Maximizing energy savings and convenience
Focus Area #3: Cybersecurity
Developing new systems and technologies that:
- Validate the trustworthiness of messages from vehicles and the infrastructure
- Address identity and privacy needs
- Explore best paths to provide the computing power necessary in a connected world
Focus Area #4: Freight efficiency
Exploring new paradigms in freight transport, including:
- Hybrid electric heavy-duty powertrains
- Truck platooning technologies
- Automated multimodal freight delivery
- Unmanned aerial systems